Anindita Jeetri 2A
Shingles Disease
Medical Name: Herpes Zoster
What is it?
Shingles disease aka Herpes Zoster is a viral rash infection that results in rashes and blisters over the body and is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox known as the varicella-zoster virus.
Signs/Symptoms
Transmission
Signs and sympoms of this disease include: - Itching - -Fever - -Fluid-filled blisters - Sensitivity to light - Drooping eyelids (ptosis)
Shingles in most cases affects someone if they have had chickenpox and the dormant virus reactivates in their body.
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Accurate Treatments
Prevention
Infection can easily be prevented by : - Not touching the rashes or blisters of those infected.
Accurate treatments include the usage of - Antiviral medicines -Wet compresses - Calamine lotion -Ibuprofen -Acetaminophen
-Getting chickenpox/ varicella virus vaccine.
Citations
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Anindita Jeetri 2A
Shingles Disease
Medical Name: Herpes Zoster
What is it?
Shingles disease aka Herpes Zoster is a viral rash infection that results in rashes and blisters over the body and is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox known as the varicella-zoster virus.
Signs/Symptoms
Transmission
Signs and sympoms of this disease include: - Itching - -Fever - -Fluid-filled blisters - Sensitivity to light - Drooping eyelids (ptosis)
Shingles in most cases affects someone if they have had chickenpox and the dormant virus reactivates in their body.
Read more
Click Here
Accurate Treatments
Prevention
Infection can easily be prevented by : - Not touching the rashes or blisters of those infected.
Accurate treatments include the usage of - Antiviral medicines -Wet compresses - Calamine lotion -Ibuprofen -Acetaminophen
-Getting chickenpox/ varicella virus vaccine.
Citations